Ballade Of Modest Confession Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC CBCBBCBC CBCBBCBC DBCBC| My reading is extremely deep and wide | A |
| And as our modern education goes | B |
| Unique I think and skilfully applied | A |
| To Art and Industry and Autres Choses | B |
| Through many years of scholarly repose | B |
| But there is one thing where I disappoint | C |
| My numerous admirers and my foes | B |
| Painting on Vellum is my weakest point | C |
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| I ride superbly When I say I 'ride' | C |
| The word's too feeble I am one of those | B |
| That dominate a horse It is my pride | C |
| To tame the fiercest with tremendous blows | B |
| Of heel and knee The while my handling shows | B |
| Such lightness as a lady's But Aroint | C |
| Thee Human frailty with thy secret woes | B |
| Painting on Vellum is my weakest point | C |
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| Painting on Vellum not on silk or hide | C |
| Or ordinary Canvas I suppose | B |
| No painter of the present day has tried | C |
| So many mediums with success or knows | B |
| As well as I do how the subject grows | B |
| Beneath the hands of genius that anoint | C |
| With balm But I have something to disclose | B |
| Painting on Vellum is my weakest point | C |
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| Envoi | D |
| Prince do not let your Nose your royal Nose | B |
| Your large imperial Nose get out of Joint | C |
| For though you cannot touch my golden Prose | B |
| Painting on Vellum is my weakest point | C |
Hilaire Belloc
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